See pics: Mimi’s Istanbul diary

KOLKATA: The crew Birsa Dasgupta’s next film from Shree Venkatesh Films, stars Mimi Chakraborty, Bratya Basu, Gaurav Chakrabarty and debutant Yash Dasgupta, all of recently travelled to Istanbul to shoot for the film, reports timesofindia.

The crew was even caught in the unrest in Turkey and posting beautiful pictures on social media. And boy are the pictures gorgeous! Here are our best picks. Check them out…

Birsa Dasgupta and his unit has been shooting in Istanbul from Monday. Despite the June 28 attack at the Istanbul Atartuk airport, filmmaker had begun shooting his as-yet-untitled film.

“There’s no problem here. Everything is under control. But we are giving a day off today. Shooting resumes tomorrow,” Birsa told Metro today from Euro Park Otel, which is on the European side of Istanbul and “20 minutes from Ataturk airport”.

The 42-member crew includes actors Mimi Chakraborty arrived in Istanbul on July 10, Mr. Basu joined them on July 15. The actors had checked into a luxury hotel in central Istanbul. “Thank you Istanbul for making us feel at home, nothing to worry about… Safe & Secured,” Yash Dasgupta wrote on Twitter.